Urban Informal Enterprises and Space Utilization in Ibadan, Nigeria

Abstract

This paper examines Urban Informal Enterprises and Utilization of Urban space in Ibadan metropolis. It determined total land coverage occupied by each urban informal enterprises and type of structure employed for business transaction.A total of 1,806 structured questionnaires were used to elicit informat ion fro m operators in One hundred and fifteen (115) localities within the cosmopolitan region. Systematic samp ling was emp loyed to select respondents at interval of two.Descriptive statistical tool was used to summarize nominal data and chi-square was employed to examine the variation between dependent and independent variable. The findings reveal that average space occupied by each of this category i.e Co mmercial, Cottage and Tertiary Services ranges fro m 231. 42m 2 to 345.2m 2 . Large proportion (67.9%) of urban informal enterprises in the study area makes use of temporary space most especially along the road setbacks, 23.5% carry out their business transactions on permanent space or organized shops. The study recommends a forceful imp lementation of development control measures through demolit ion of illegal structures while new policies and legislations should be formulated to accommodate and regulate the activities of informal enterprise within urban spaces. This will guide against its haphazard development and negative impact on the environment.

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